A 4-pack of EMD standard cabs lead a transfer train south through Gary Indiana on the former EJ&E

Depot. A Roger Puta Photograph

IC 8408 leads a colorful consist as it climbs the grade out of Dubuque near Julien, IA in November of 1997.

An IC SD70 and CN C40-8 on W08 creep along on main 2 up to CP 507 as it passes the staged intermodal trains at Colehour Yard. This was the first time I noticed the power plant at State Line gone..... (more)

Norfolk Southern Grain Train 42A is seen here stopped in Attalla, AL. Waiting for a Train ahead of them to get out of the way where they can continue South for Mobile, AL. with IC SD70 #1017 leadi... (more)

NS 42A is tied down at Hixson, TN with an incredible consist from the CN for the Christmas holiday.

A Mid-American Christmas The clock is ticking, and now the Mobile, AL bound NS 42A is officially plan out of Chattanooga as of 4pm this evening, but yet no crew has been called to t... (more)

A Mid-American Christmas As the light rain begins to fall NS 42A is stop, and tied down on the main 1 track for the next few days on the CNO&TP 2nd District with an neat surprise at... (more)

A long time ago, in a place far far away from my home in Atlanta, an SD40A sporting the Death Star logo will definitely not need refueling on the way from Markham, IL to Pontiac, MI.

A pair of SD40s leads a mixed freight south on the Yazoo side during March of 1998. My records indicate this was south of Tchula, near MP 151. For the blues fans, the road in the foreground is the... (more)

CENTRALIA ILL Aug. 1 1976 -- An IC GP10 leads the Illini into Centralai MO.

Lake effect snow is piling up as a trio of IC SD70's lead a loaded ore train to a crew change at Greenville as they head south on a winter's day.

Passing through the damp plowed field just south of Lake Cormorant CN G87670-17 is about to go under US highway 61 in the Mississippi Delta Country making on the CN Yahzoo Sub. Since the early 90s... (more)

After crossing pass East Railroad Ave in the Mississippi Delta farming town of Walls, MS (MP-15.2 Walls) CN G87670-17 pick up track speed with a classic native of this line an IC SD70 still in the... (more)

The Illinois Central built Stewart Tunnel on their line to Madison, WI in 1887. The WICT operated it at the end and the line was shut down in late 1993. Plans were underway to convert the line to ... (more)